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    It is not the case that A promise to share poaching proceeds is not credible without a commitment device, because the promiser has no incentive to honor the promise once the antelope is secured.

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    • 1.Repeated interaction and reputation effects transform one-shot defection calculations: Axelrod's tournaments show cooperation emerges without external enforcement.
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    • 2.Criminal networks sustain cooperation through social norms, shared identity, and reputational sanctions that substitute for legal commitment devices.
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    • 3.Hobbes himself acknowledged that covenants can be rational pre-performance when parties share ongoing social relations beyond the single transaction.
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    • 1.Gauthier's constrained maximization thesis holds that rational agents who are transparent deliberators gain by genuinely committing to honor agreements, making the promise credible ex ante.
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    • 2.An agent known to reliably honor extra-legal agreements commands future partnerships unavailable to defectors, making honoring the promise instrumentally rational even without third-party enforcement.
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    • 1.Once the promiser has the antelope loaded onto the truck, the promiser gains nothing by sharing proceeds.
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    • 2.The flusher cannot report the breach of promise to police without incriminating themselves.
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    • 3.Rational agents defect when defection is dominant and unenforceable.
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